Attachment for mattress-frames.



0. GASAU.

ATTACHMENT F011 MATTRESS FRAMES.

rammed Aug.'13, 1912.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 2, 1910.

IN IEN] 0l? 0510 bwa lll 1111111111 IIIIII WITNESSES:

Immers o'rTo GASAU, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

ArrAcHMnN'r rolal MATTRESS-FRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Application med June 2, 1910. Serial No. 564,609.

To all whom t may concern: v

Be it known that I, O'rro GASAU, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have `invented a new and ImprovedAttachment for Mattress-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact specification.

The invention is intended more articularly for use in connection with,an as constituting an A.essential part of, thejrames on which wovenwire'mattresses are Silbported in stretched form. i

The object of my invention is to provide S11 Ol'tin means for themattress frame i capable o d'ustment to adapt the mattress to beds of dierent widths.

By means of my invention it will not be necessary' to manufacturemattress frames to correspond with each and every width of metallicbedstead, because the attachment I have devised permits of a readyadjust ment being made that will adapt the mattress frame to differentwidhs of bedsteads, fwithn reasonable limits. n the practical carryingout of my invention provide also for constructing the attachment in such:form that one will answer for a right and left member, or for the heador foot of the mattress frame. I thus avoid the necessity of makingseveral different attachments for the fourcorners.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specifi'- cation, in which similar characters o f referenceindicate corresponding parts 1n all the views.

Fi re 1 is a fragmentary side elevation showing my. attachment appliedto a mattress frame and indicating a portion of the bedstead; Fig. 2 isa transverse vertical section taken on a line corresponding with theline 2--2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation ot' one of thecorner incml'iers of the mattress frame, including a portion of the sidebar or side rail of the mattress frame, and with my attachment in place;Fig. 4 is a plan view of the members shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section .taken on about the line 55 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 isa view similar to Fig. 5, but illustrating a somewhat differentconstruction of my attachment.

'Referring to the general features of the bedstead and mattress frame ofthe character have illustrated, and particularly to the Figs. 1 to 5 ofthe accompanying drawing, 10 represents the side rail of a bedstead; 1 1acorner post of the bedstead; 12 the side rail, usually tubular, of a'mattress frame, 13 a corner bracket, such bracket being 1n practiceprovided for each end of a Patented Aug. 13, 1912. 'l

side rail 12; 14 indicates the transverse hea'd or foot barextendingbetween a pair of corner brackets 13and supported there- "onfsaidbarslft being usually of angleiron,

as indicated'in the drawings, and 15, 16 represent'respectively anywoven Wire mattress or mattress support and tension spring therefor. I y

It is usual to provide mattress frames with laterally projecting membersadapted to rest on a side rail, as 10, of the bedstead. My nnprovedattachment for this purpose, as indicated by the numeral 20, isadjustably secured so as to permit of lateral adjustment to give it moreor less extension.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated by Figs. 1 to' 5 of thedrawings each corner attachment consists of a horizont-al memberextending transversely of the mattress frame and received by a suitable'formation. on the adjacent corner bracket 13. The bracket shown in Figs.l to 5 is formed with au open recess 13 ranging transversely, saidrecess accommodating the' adjustable supporting attachment 20. Said-attachment is illustrated as having a longitudinal slot 21, throughwhich passes a bolt, a thumb screw, or equivalent fast nino' member 22,which after passing throng 1 the slot of the supporting attachment 20,engages the end wall 13b ot' a bracket 13 preferably in line with thetubular portion 13cv of said bracket, that receives an end of the siderail or tube 12 of the mattress frame. In connection with the bolt 22, awasher 23 may advantageously be employed to give a substantial bearingagamst the supporting bracket 20. It will be obvious that by looseningthe bolt or equivalent element 22, the attachment 20 may be adjustedtransversely to project it more or less as desired, that it may properlyseat on the side rail 10 of the bedstead. The outer lower corners of theattachments 20 are rabbeted, as at 24, see Fior 2, to1 prevent endwiseplay between the be stead rails 10. The fastening member 22 may beremoved and'the attachment 20 reversed to. bring the supporting ends tothe right or left, and therefore the single form ofthe-"attachment isapplicable to either. of

the. four corner-brackets 13 with which the.I

' mattress frame isin'practice provided.

Besides providing the adjustable attachments\20, the forni of the cornerbracket 13 has 'been'improved by me so that `the one bracket will answerfor any of the four l corners. It Will be seen from an inspectionofFigs. 2, 3 and 4, that the bracket is provided With acentralstrengthening web 13d,

and that'the top and back surfaces 13e and '13t are plane surfaces whichwill accommodate either end of either of the angle bars 1&1 employed atthe head orfoot ofthe mattress frames .of 'Lhewcharacter referred to.Therefore only the sing-le form of corner bracket is n'ecessarkforthemaking up of a mattress frame.

Inthe4 form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 6, theadjustable,supporting attachmentconsists of a member bent to form thelegs 30 joine'd'by the .bend 31, and these legs are formed with a:series of registering e holes 32 and are adapted to slide in parallelhorizontal slots'40 in the corner bracketI 41. The corner bracket isprovided vwith .a -recess 43, transverse to the direction of the slots40, said recess constituting. a.- pocket for receiving a block orplate-114 having a central projection adapted to' enter one of thevholes 32 in the supporting attachment 30, tolock the said attachment inthe adjnsted` position. In connection with the lockingblock or plate 44,a spring 46isv employed, tending normally to press the vsaid block lorplate out-Ward. l l

ItAvvill be observed that `by the devices shown iii-Fig. 6, -the sameresults may beob- Fi'gs. 1 to 5, because the supporting"attachment 30may be reversed to present the sup porting end jat. either side ofthe'corner= bracket 41,:v 'I

The securing devices forthe attachments 2O vor 30, .it will be.observed,are accessible from the end-of the mattress and arelocatedbelow overhanging portions of theA corner brackets,i so that they arenot conspicuous,A

1. A corner bracket lforuniting the side."

rails of a mattress frame or the like, with the transversev end`members/of the frame,"

said bracket-having a surface forming av seat accommodating either endof a transversehead or footbar lof the `frame, and meansfor receiving anend of a side-rail, Vthe bracket furthermore being reversiblev andinterchangeable to make connection with the frame' members 'at any oneof the four corners of the frame.

2. A mattress' frame having corner brackl ets receivingthe side bars andend barsof the frame, and supporting means carried by.

the brackets for engagement- `with' the bed-1 stead, said.supportingmeans being adjnstf l 4 able transversely of the bracket andreversible to projectfrom either end of the bracket,

3. A mattress frame comprising longi-jl tudinal side members Vand.transverse lend members, a corner bracket unitmg theuslde andendmembers, and laterally projecting.'

attachments carried by saidbrackets -for rest-ing on-thevbedsteadrails,l said, attachments being/transversely slidable onfthe,

brackets and adjnlstably` :held: .by securing devices accessible from.the." frontland back ends of the mattress frame and.V located be? neath.overh'anging portions of the corner In testimonyxwhereof Iihave A'Otro-ciers,

Witnessesr 'y V .l l J- L-:MQULIFFE PHILij'P fD.- RoLLHaUs f f -85 nameto this speciicat-ionin'the'preseneeof" ftxvo subscribing,Witnesses

